Stamp-vending machine.



M. HELD/IAN. sum VENDING MACHINE. APPLIOATIQN FILED MAY 6, 1913.1,093,409, 1 Patented Apr. 14,1914.

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M. HELMAN. STAMP VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY e, 1913.

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Application filed May 6,1913. Serial No. 765,914.

Toall whom, itmag concern." slot 3, in the front wall thereof. MountedBe it known that I, MAURICE HELMAN, :1 within the casing or housing 1and suitably 55 citizen of the United States,residing at Sldfastened tothe lower wall thereof are up- ,ney, in the county of Shelby and Stateof rights or standards 5, 5 and spaced apart in 5 Ohio, have inventednew and useful 1111- parallelism at opposite sides of the stampprovenients in Stamp-Vending'Machines, of discharge slot 4 in the-frontwall of the caswhich the following is a specification. ing'and carryinghorizontally aliningbear- 60 This invention relates to improvements inngs 6 in which isjournaled a shaft 7 carrycoin controlled vendingmachines and has mg a delivery roller 8. Surmounting theparticularapplication to a stamp vending delivery roller 8 is a second deliveryroller 9V machine. mounted upon a shaft 10 rotatably mounted In carryingout the present invention, it in horizontally aliningbearingsll carriedby 65 is my 'purpose,-to' provide a stamp vending the standards 5, 5above-the first-mentioned machine which willembody in its construebearings. The peripheries of the delivery tion among other features astationary mechrollers -8 and 9 are preferably covered With anism, anoperating rod for such mecharubber or other suitable material and'are'nisrq, and a stamp" receiving receptacle, held in contact with eachother through the 70 means' being. provided for locking said remedium ofsprings 12 normally urging the ceptacle against access during theoperation bearings of the rollers toward ,one another of the stationarymechanism sothat the so as to produce a good frictional contactmechanismcan not be tampered with by unbetween the rollers. Rotatablymounted authorized persons, or more than the vended Within suitablealining bearings also carried 75 Sta-mp Withdrawn. I by the standards 5,5 is a drum or reel 13 It isalso my purpose to provide a yendabout whichis wrapped a strip or. tape of ing machine of the class described whichstamps s, such strip of stamps being carried will embrace the desiredfeatures of simfrom the drum onto the lower feed roller 8 plicity,efiiciency; durability and convenbetween the latter and the top feedroller 9 .80 ienoe; one which may be installed and mainand is thenceprojected through a guide 14 i tained ata minimum expenseland one havingone end communicating with the wherein the component parts will be sofeed rollers and theopposite end with the 45 of the casing beingremoved.

correlated and arranged as to minimize the slot 4 in the front wall ofthe casing, such possibility of derangement. H

WVith the above and other objects in Vl6W, struction. In the presentinstance, a ratchet the invention con'sistsin the construction, Wheel 15is suitably fastened to one side of combination and arrangement of partsherethe upper feed roller 9, While an operating inafter set forth in.and falling Within the lever or rod 16 has one endfulcrumed as at scopeof the claims. r I 17 to an appropriate part of the casing and 90 In theaccompanying drawingsz Fig-ure 1 the opposite end projected outwardly ofthe is a view in front elevation of a vending ma-' casing by, way of theelongated slot 3 and 40 chine constructed in accordance with thetermina'tingin a button or knohlf.

present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec- Pivotally secured to thelever 16- is-a dog guide being of any suitable-ordesired coir tionalview on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. or pawl 1 engaging the teeth of theratchet 3 is a view in front elevation showing the wheel 15,:andnormally held in engagement interior mechanism of the machine, the frontwith such teeth bymeans of an expansion spring or other suitable form oftension de- Referring now to the accompanying draw vice 20 carried byithe lever 16 and bearing mgsin detail, thenumeral l designates a .u'ponthe dog. In the present. instance, a

casing or housing constructed of any suitcontractile sprihg i l has oneend thereof able material and preferably, although not connected to therear wall of the casing and 50 necessarily, of rectangular contour andhav the opposite endto the lever 16 and acts ing a 0in slot 2, anelongated slot 3 adja normally to hold the lever in elevated or cent toand parallel with the coin slot, and active position. By means ofthisconstruca stamp outlet slot 4 below the elongated tion, it will beseen that whenthe lever 16 is depressed, the dog 19 will engage theadjacent tooth cf the ratchetwheel 15 and so rotate the feed rollers 9and 8 with the effect to feed the strip of stamps toward the opening 4in the front wall of the casing a distance equal to the length of astamp, the lever in nmving through a path equal to the length of thestamp so as to impart to the feed rollers the desired movement.

Iivotally connected to the lever 10 adjacent to the front wall of thecasing and depending therefrom and inclined relatively to the verticalis a locking rod 22 slidably disposed within a keeper and provided with.a shoulder 24 normally engaged by one extremity of a trip 25 pivotedbetween its ends as at 26 to the frontwall of the casing and having thefree extremity thereof disposed within a slot 27 formed in the lowerextremity of a coin chute 28 communicating with the coin slot 2 in. thefront Wall 1 of the casing.

Extending outwardly from the locking rod 22 adjacent to the lower endthereof and disposed immediately oelow the chutecnd of the trip 25 is astop lug 29, suitable stops 30, 30 being secured to the front Walls ofthe casing at opposite sides of the path of movement of the trip 25 toliill; the movement of said trip to lotking and unlocking positions.Normally, the trip 25 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, that is in thepath of movement of the shoulder 24 on the locking rod 22 so thatdownward movement of the operating lever 16 to operate the deliveryrollers as aforesaid is prevented. When, however, the proper coin isdeposited within the slot 2 and chute .28 communicating with such slot,such coin gravitates to the lower end of the chute and impacts againstthe respective end of the trip thereby swinging the latter about itspivot 26 so that the opposite end of such trip removed from the path ofthe shoulder 24:. This time the chute .end of the trip ei'igages thestop 99 on the locking rod 22 and so prevents displacement of the coinfrom the chute thereby enabling the purchaser to manipulate the machineat his convenience. By pressing upon the button or knob t8, the lever 16may be moved downwardly about its pivotal connection 17thereby-operating the feed rollers to deliver a stamp. A controller 31is preferably disposed below the coin chute 28 so as to catch the coinsafter the same have been released by the stop lug and trip lever.

Also pivotally connected to the operat ing lever 10 adjacent tothe-locking rod 22 and depending. froirv such lever ina vertical plane.is a cutter bar 32 slidably disposed within a keeper 33 secured to thefront wall of the casing and provided with an outwardly projectingcutting blade 34 which blade, in the normal condition of the machine, isinterposed between the slot 4 and the adjacent end 'of the guide 14- sothat when the shoulder 2t on the locking rod 22 is relieved of theinfluence of the trip 25 and the operating lever 10 swung in a downwarddirection to operate the delivery mechanism, the movable blade B l: ismoved in a downward directioi'i so as to permit the stamp to be fed fromthe guide 1-l through the cpening 4L. \Vhen the stamp has been movedoutwardly of the casing by way of the opening 4 therein the properdistance, the lower end of the cutter bar 32 engages the hammer 36 andso causes the bell 37 to sound thereby advising the purchaser to releasethe lever 16 at which time the spring 21 reacts to swing the lever backto normal or-inactive position, the blade 34 cooperating with the blade35, in the return movenent of the lever 16 to shear the stamp from thestrip. I

In order to prevent tampering with the machine by way of the slot 4, "Isecure to the front wall of the casing a receptacle 38 inclosing theslot 4 and provided with a ing segment 40'having a notch 41 therein andworking through a slot in the casing and a notch 42 in the cutter bar.32, the notches 41 and 42 normally" intersecting each other. Fromthis,,it will be seen that as the cutter bar 32moves downwardly un-.(lGl the action of the operating lever 16, the

bar will ride within the notch l1 in the seg ment 4.0 and so hold thecover 39 of the receptacle 38 against opening movement, while when thelever 16 has been returned to normal osition the notches 41 and .42. v 7

will intersect ea h other so that the seg-- ment 40 may be moved intothe casingyand throughthe notch 42 in the cutterbar.

Fromthe foregoing description taken inconnection with the accompanying;dlLW- lugs, the construction, mode of operation and manner of employingmy invention. Wlll be readily apparent.

WVhile I have herein shown and described one preferred form of myinvention by way of illustration, stood that I do not limitor confinemyself to the precise details of in described and delineated, asmodification. and Variation may he made Within the I desire to have ittmderconstruct-ion; here- 100 hinged cover 3.) etp1ipped with anupstandscope cf the claims Without departing; from the spirit of theinvention. clainz: 4

1. In a Stitll'lI) Vending maehine, a (lelivery nnehanism, an operatinglever for said meolanism, a stalnp'reoeiving receptael'e means forlocking said receptacle against access in the operation of deliverymechani: in.

In ,t stamp vending machine a clelivery mechanism, an operating leverfor said mechanism, a stamp receiving receptacle, and means controlledby said lever for locking said rec ptacle against access in theoperation of said delivery mechanism.

3. In a stamp vending machine, a de- .ivery mechanism, an operatinglever for &

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